Air and particle motions in a group-B particle turbulent fluidized bed are
numerically simulated. The locally averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes
equations and the Lagrangian particle equations, in which the mutual inter
actions between air and particles and the two-body collisions between parti
cles were taken into account. were simultaneously solved. Reynolds stress t
erms and the turbulent mass flux terms caused by the subgrid scale fluctuat
ions have been modeled by the large eddy simulation in which the effect of
particle existence on subgrid scale flows has been taken into account. The
corresponding experiments were also performed. It is found that calculated
results well represent the experimental instantaneous particle positions an
d flow characteristics of the air and particles, and enable us to know the
mechanisms of various phenomena such as the large complex bubbling flow and
the particle cluster formation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.